According to the advocacy groupAutism Speaks, one in every 36 U.S. children has an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Early diagnosis is crucial to helping to treat the condition, but how is a diagnosis done? TheU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventionhas an updated review of what's...
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The imprinted brain theory proposes that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) represents a paternal bias in the expression of imprinted genes. This is reflected in a preference for mechanistic cognition and in the corresponding mentalistic deficits symptomatic of ASD. Psychotic spectrum disorder (PSD) would...
CHICAGO, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Northwestern Medicine researchers have discovered why a specific genetic mutation causes intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder in children. They found genetic mutations in human patients in a gene called Usp9x result in the brain growing fewer synapses. That...
Social cognition and the superior temporal sulcus: implications in autism. The most common clinical sign of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is social interaction impairment, which is associated with communication deficits and ster... A Saitovitch,A Bargiacchi,N Chabane,... - 《Rev Neurol》 被引...
's mutation was introduced into an animal model, we saw all these dendritic spines form on the neurons," said, Zylka, who is also a member of the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities. "We thought this was a big deal because too manydendritic spineshave been linked to autism."...
The imprinted brain theory proposes that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) represents a paternal bias in the expression of imprinted genes. This is reflected in a preference for mechanistic cognition and in the corresponding mentalistic deficits symptomatic of ASD. Psychotic spectrum disorder (PSD) would...
Neurobehavioural disorders in the infant reeler mouse model: Interaction of genetic vulnerability and consequences of maternal separation Gene–environment interactionSchizophreniaAutismMaternal separationHandlingOntogeny of behaviourMiceUltrasound vocalisationsStudies on heterozygous (HZ) reeler mice sugge... E Ogn...
How is Asperger syndrome caused? Autism Spectrum Disorder: Before the publication of the DSM-V in 2013, a wide variety of autism-related disorders were classified under a variety of names with confusing and overlapping symptom categories. With the DSM-V, all of these disorders were placed under...
For reprint orders, please contact: reprints@futuremedicine.com Perspective The imprinted brain: how genes set the balance between autism and psychosis The imprinted brain theory proposes that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) represents a paternal bias in the expression of imprinted genes. This is ...